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July 3, 2003 10:52 AM   Subscribe

Ewww...good kitty. Thank you, kitty. So, our baby started crawling the other day. He's pretty slow, so the cats can still get away before he catches their tails. Our alpha male has decided that the baby is old enough to learn how to hunt, so he brought in a dead baby mockingbird. I suppose it could be worse.
posted by lysdexic (43 comments total)

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posted by Outlawyr at 10:59 AM on July 3, 2003


um...
posted by woil at 11:02 AM on July 3, 2003


er...
posted by soyjoy at 11:02 AM on July 3, 2003


ummm...lysdexic, don't look now but you have three (and possibly more) very hungry-looking felines ready to pounce.
posted by poopy at 11:04 AM on July 3, 2003


is this some virtual performance piece?
posted by xmutex at 11:04 AM on July 3, 2003


/coughs /shuffles feet
posted by chrid at 11:06 AM on July 3, 2003


Dubya.
Tee.
Eff.
posted by dhoyt at 11:11 AM on July 3, 2003


1. Dubya
2. Tee
3. Eff
4. ????
5. Profit!!
posted by jazzkat11 at 11:15 AM on July 3, 2003


My cats breath smells like cat food.

I'm deeply, deeply sorry.
posted by JoanArkham at 11:15 AM on July 3, 2003


1. Um
2. Um . . .
3. Er . . .
4. ????
5. Profit!!
posted by Outlawyr at 11:16 AM on July 3, 2003


It's an interesting concept post, lysdexic. I commend your bravery and creativity.

You have some time to breathe now while everyone wonders what they should think, hesitating to pounce in case they show off their ignorance of something that turns out to be truly brilliant. But, in a few minutes, be prepared for every anal-retentive self-styled Mefi-cop idiot on the site to jump you.
posted by ShaneOPoghm at 11:19 AM on July 3, 2003


"hesitating to pounce in case they show off their ignorance of something that turns out to be truly brilliant."
No danger of that here.
Move along.
posted by Outlawyr at 11:22 AM on July 3, 2003


I was hoping for a self-link to video of a baby hunting. I would have forgiven that.
posted by vraxoin at 11:23 AM on July 3, 2003


"..hesitating to pounce.."

I will now pause for consideration, while stroking my whiskers, and ponder the deep implications of your statement, a la the cat and mouse game you are referring to.
posted by jazzkat11 at 11:27 AM on July 3, 2003


A case of new parent must talk incessantly about child at every oppurtunity, regardless of relevance?

Real world meets MeFi?

Cruel?
posted by Blue Stone at 11:29 AM on July 3, 2003


ShaneOPoghm: so, I guess what you're trying not to ask is: "what's yer point, exactly?"

I was just observing a very strange interaction between a pet and the baby.

All the books and articles I've read have many warnings about bringing in a new baby when you already have pets. Some of our cats have stayed away from him, but this one cat seems to have adopted the baby, and I haven't found any precedent for it.
posted by lysdexic at 11:31 AM on July 3, 2003


I think mkn said it best.
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:34 AM on July 3, 2003


"..hesitating to pounce.."

I will now pause for consideration, while stroking my whiskers


:-)

I should've carried the metaphor further, but you caught the 'pounce'! Well, the thread has potential fun....

...warnings about bringing in a new baby when you already have pets. Some of our cats have stayed away from him, but this one cat seems to have adopted the baby, and I haven't found any precedent for it.

Quick, lysdexic, link to some of these cat/baby warnings, before they drag you into Meta like a dead baby mockingbird ;-)
posted by Shane at 11:38 AM on July 3, 2003


I for one welcome our new feline overlords.
posted by Cerebus at 11:43 AM on July 3, 2003




hm. so many options here...

"mmm... bed daby bockingmirds."

or, maybe

"my cat's breath smells like dead baby mockingbirds"?

Don't worry, lysdexic; we've had fun, anyway, which is more than we can usually say.
posted by taz at 11:49 AM on July 3, 2003


Hey, has anyone seen that video of that kid dancing around with a light saber? It is hilarious, lemme see if I can find the link . . .

sorry, i'm just bored and feeling goofy
posted by tr33hggr at 11:52 AM on July 3, 2003


The way I understand it, if you're introducing a new baby, or a new pet into a household with an established pet, the thing to do is, with the new addition in the room and in obvious sight, make a big fuss of the established pet, and ignore the newbie. Do this for a significant amount of time.

Once should do it.

Probably works in an all child situation too.
posted by Blue Stone at 11:56 AM on July 3, 2003


cats and kids don't always mix [mpeg 800k]
posted by birdherder at 11:59 AM on July 3, 2003


...make a big fuss of the established pet, and ignore the newbie.

Thanks, Blue Stone. No, seriously. If I can do this once a day for each of my four spoiled cats, maybe Boots will stop chasing Jackie out of "her" litter boxes (and therefore maybe Jackie will stop expressing her grievance with Boots by occasionally pissing on the couch.)
posted by Shane at 12:02 PM on July 3, 2003


Blue Stone: "make a big fuss of the established pet, and ignore the newbie."

We did do that, and really, only the alpha female was really put out. She tried to scratch the baby a few times and once got in a bite, but that was more of a sibling rivalry thing (popup warning), because she never drew any blood.

There was a week where we had to kennel her because she was sick and we were going out of town. When we were all together again, she couldn't be nice enough to the kid.
posted by lysdexic at 12:16 PM on July 3, 2003


Well. I liked the manners link for the entertaining insanity of the writer(s).
posted by kavasa at 12:19 PM on July 3, 2003


I suppose it could be worse.

Cats Can Do Tricks!
posted by y2karl at 12:37 PM on July 3, 2003


wow, y2karl! just... wow.
posted by taz at 12:52 PM on July 3, 2003


Exercise your cat(s) . . .
posted by Shane at 12:57 PM on July 3, 2003


Hey, have I mentioned recently that I too have had a baby? Well, it's been almost 7 months now...but I thought, just in case anyone missed it...ya know, I wouldn't want anyone to feel left out or anything.

Heh.
posted by dejah420 at 1:05 PM on July 3, 2003


What people are trying to say, so badly hobbled by their sarcasm-hobbles, is that posts to the front page of MeFi should be of a broader interest than personal posts about you and your pets. That's what personal weblogs are for.

There's a strict taboo against posting something you're personally involved with, as MeFi would die terribly if it became a tool to drive people to your own site.

Let the sarcasm and gibbering continue now, unabated...
posted by kfury at 1:10 PM on July 3, 2003


jazzkat11: Günter did Cat and Mouse first!

What people are trying to say, so badly hobbled by their sarcasm-hobbles...

I'm not hobbling anything of the sort...

posted by Shane at 1:15 PM on July 3, 2003


Hey, have I mentioned recently that I too have had a baby?

Yes. Yes, you have.

Do I win anything?
posted by soyjoy at 1:15 PM on July 3, 2003


Somebody direct Matt to the nearest phone booth, please.
posted by konolia at 1:16 PM on July 3, 2003


gibbering can continue? unabated? okay, then:

Cats can learn stupid human tricks!
posted by taz at 1:19 PM on July 3, 2003


Do I win anything? - soyjoy


Well... he's teething and fussy...wanna borrow the baby? say, till he's ready for college?
posted by dejah420 at 1:21 PM on July 3, 2003


dejah420: ooh he's a cutie we just had a son recently as well! Aren't babies great! Well except for the crying, diapers, and lack of social life.

You know since we are talking about babies and all....
posted by dirtylittlemonkey at 1:25 PM on July 3, 2003


dejah420, awwww....
posted by taz at 1:28 PM on July 3, 2003


I like salami too.
posted by languagehat at 1:32 PM on July 3, 2003


Actually, languagehat, "Salami" shows up in the 2,000 Cat Names site. Guess it's an antipawsto thing.
posted by taz at 1:46 PM on July 3, 2003


kfury: There's a strict taboo against posting something you're personally involved with, as MeFi would die terribly if it became a tool to drive people to your own site.

But this only superficially looks like a self-link -- the links are all actually to tangentially related web-sites that, so far as I could tell from a quick glance, have nothing to do with lysdexic. It's just an unusual style of post.

It seems like, for all the predictions and meta-fussing that's filled the thread, no one actually made the mistake of jumping down lysdexic's throat over the non-error, so all is probably well.

...posts to the front page of MeFi should be of a broader interest than personal posts about you and your pets. That's what personal weblogs are for.

Again, non-issue. Did you actually follow the links?
posted by cortex at 2:22 PM on July 3, 2003


Guess it's an antipawsto thing.

And a big, fat, rimshot to taz!

Personally, I'm allergic to cats. The first symptoms usually show up by affecting the mucus membranes, with watering eyes and the occasional sneeze. Antihistamine eyedrops work well at this stage. After the sneezing comes the wheezing, and after that, the hives. Washing with soap and water usually cures them, as the problem is cat danders on the skin.

I also like salami, though these days I'm really partial to cream cheese and avodado.

Also, I have Radiohead tickets for August! They rule!
posted by jokeefe at 3:03 PM on July 3, 2003


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